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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

Trump Threatens to Nix Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status if it Fails to Embrace His Ideological Agenda
Donald Trump has been using the specter of antisemitism as an excuse to impose ideological control over universities by threatening to cut off federal…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Counterterrorism Czar Wants to Prosecute Critics of Mass Deportation for “Aiding and Abetting” Terrorists
If the Trump administration can declare someone a gang member or a terrorist without evidence, what can they do to anyone who speaks out for those…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Wants the FCC to Revoke CBS' Broadcast License for Running Stories Critical of Him
Donald Trump is openly declaring that news coverage he doesn’t like is “illegal” and should be punished by revoking his critics’ broadcast licenses.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump's Executive Orders Target His Own Former Aides for Challenging His 'Stolen Election' Conspiracy Theories
Donald Trump formally and publicly ordered top officials to investigate his own former aides to punish them for criticizing him and contradicting his…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Going After the Independence of the Entire Legal Profession, Not Just Big Law
A new presidential memo is meant to instill fear in any firm that dares to represent his political adversaries
Trump Targets Another Law Firm Offering Services to His Opponents, Eviscerating the Principle of Effective Representation for All
In an ongoing quest to deny his political opponents the right to counsel, Donald Trump has already intimidated one big law firm into becoming his…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Toady Briefly Canceled a Program Handing Social Security Numbers to Newborns in a Hospital to Spite Maine's Governor
Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek just admitted to canceling a program to enroll newborns at a Maine hospital in fit of pique at the…
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Robert Tracinski
A Trump Memo Threatens Any Lawyer Who Dares to Sue His Illegal Executive Actions
Donald Trump’s attempts to target specific law firms associated with the political opposition has widened into a threat against literally any lawyer who…
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Announces Shakedown Deal with Big Law Firm
Executive Watch has already noted Donald Trump’s threats against Big Law firms that have represented his political opponents.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Announces that Negative Coverage of Him Is Illegal and Threatens Networks
The Department of Justice is typically insulated from direct control by the president to prevent politically motivated prosecutions.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Revokes the Green Card of a Pro-Palestinian Campus Activist Without Any Criminal Charges
Donald Trump vowed to crack down on campus protests and specifically to deport foreign students.
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Robert Tracinski
Trump Goes After a Law Firm Just Because it Has Represented Democrats
Donald Trump has already targeted one top law firm in an attempt to deny Jack Smith, the duly appointed special counsel who was seeking to bring charges…
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Robert Tracinski
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